Showing posts with label preseason. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preseason. Show all posts
Friday, March 11, 2011
TSN Finally Going to Broadcast CFL Pre-Season Games?
Tigercatatonia has long had a fascination with the fact TSN does not broadcast any CFL pre-season games. They've got the rights for them I assume, so why not slap a couple of Riders games on, get more work out of Dave Randorf and the rest of the TSN panel, some early publicity for the season and profit from the crazed Rider fan viewers. The cfl.ca forums have had talk that TSN has decided to show 7 of them on TSN and TSN2, but here's a newspaper article mentioning the plan, plus some info on Wally Buono sitting in his office forlornly waiting for calls that never come. Will it happen? Hopefully, although it is bad news for Cable 14 and the rest of Canada's community cable stations.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Ticat Assorted Stuff
In the recent Ticat season ticket holder email, it mentions that season ticket holders can buy tickets for the opener against the Argos for 10% off the regular price. The Cats seem to be making more of an effort to add value to being a season ticket holder, including increasing the prices of single tickets. I think this makes a lot of sense, as season ticket holders are committed for the season, despite the record of the club. Which frankly has been remarkably poor of late.
The Cats are also offering two tickets to the preseason game versus the Argos, when you buy an apparel item at the TigerTown store. This is also a good idea. You don't want to devalue your regular season product by papering the stadium too much, however a preseason game doesn't really have a lot of value anyways. Getting more people into the stadium, besides the season ticket holders means more revenue from concessions and merchandise and also gets people thinking about attending regular season games. I'm not sure of the amount that the average fan spends per game on concessions and merchandise, but it is probably above $10.
One thing I'm not crazy about is the fact the preseason game takes place on a Tuesday. I know the scheduling is probably difficult, but a Friday or Saturday would have been superior. Last year it was a Thursday.
The Cats are also offering two tickets to the preseason game versus the Argos, when you buy an apparel item at the TigerTown store. This is also a good idea. You don't want to devalue your regular season product by papering the stadium too much, however a preseason game doesn't really have a lot of value anyways. Getting more people into the stadium, besides the season ticket holders means more revenue from concessions and merchandise and also gets people thinking about attending regular season games. I'm not sure of the amount that the average fan spends per game on concessions and merchandise, but it is probably above $10.
One thing I'm not crazy about is the fact the preseason game takes place on a Tuesday. I know the scheduling is probably difficult, but a Friday or Saturday would have been superior. Last year it was a Thursday.
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